Born from the Same Root
By Ting Bang Tsai
Self-published
Taipei, 2024

How does the emotional bond between brothers survive estrangement, distance, and time? These questions underpin Ting Bang Tsai’s self-published photobook, Born from the Same Root (2024)—an intimate series of family portraits that reflect on the upbringing of the artist and his older brother, Hsien, whose path was disrupted by the unexpected throes of life.